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Thoughts on 12 Step Recovery When I first came into the group, I was the youngest person in the group. I turned 21 and suddenly it was a gOOd time to become a permanent teetotaler. Actually, my girlfriend asked me if I wanted to go to meetings with her because she didn't want to go alone. I went to support her. She decided that she wasn't an Alcoholic. I decided that I was an Alcoholic so I stayed. I went off the wagon twice. Once at 7 months and the second time at 2 years. Both slips were inspired by broken hearts.  My Sobriety Date is November 27, 1977 - On November 27, 1978 - I attended the funeral of a 29 year old woman who was found flat on her face dead at the Little Brown Church in Canyon Country, California. She died on Thanksgiving. Two years before on Thanksgiving, she told me "After I finish this drunk, I am going to get flat on my face at the Little Brown Church and ask God for help." In one city he found a crooked woman in the synagogue on the Sabbath-day. This poor woman had not been able to straighten herself for eighteen years, but was stopped over in a pitiful manner. When Jesus saw her he pitied her. Calling her to him, he said, "Woman, you are set free from this infirmity, which has bound you so many years." Then he laid his hands upon her bent back and immediately she was able to stand straight again. Luke 13:11 to Luke 15:32 It was the first indication that there is indeed a HIGHER POWER. Carol found her healing in Death and the Spirit Word. For whatever reason I continued of the Red Road of Life and found Recovery. The first major Challenge was becoming with and Daddy was not interested. I decided the jerk was not worth drinking over - so I did the things I needed to do for recovery. I was far from a perfect mother but neither of my boys have ever seen me drunk. My Younger was born - November 27, 1885. This was my Eight 12 Step Anniversary. Last Month, I was sitting in a meeting at my old Home Group in West Virginia realizing that I am one of the elders in the group now. I've seen many of the members when they first came in. Now they are 12 Step Garu's.  Abracadabra  |
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9/11/2008 6:02 am |
AA was an interesting experience for me. Met a lot of interesting people I would have known otherwise. Never could seem to grasp all the spiritual stuff, however. It always struck me as crypto-christian claptrap.
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